Azure Cost Management · Example Payload
Externalbillingaccountforecast
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Externalbillingaccountforecast is an example object payload from Azure Cost Management, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
Top-level fields
parametersresponsesoperationIdtitle
Example Payload
{
"parameters": {
"api-version": "2026-06-01",
"externalCloudProviderId": "100",
"externalCloudProviderType": "externalBillingAccounts",
"parameters": {
"type": "Usage",
"dataset": {
"aggregation": {
"totalCost": {
"name": "Cost",
"function": "Sum"
}
},
"filter": {
"and": [
{
"or": [
{
"dimensions": {
"name": "ResourceLocation",
"operator": "In",
"values": [
"East US",
"West Europe"
]
}
},
{
"tags": {
"name": "Environment",
"operator": "In",
"values": [
"UAT",
"Prod"
]
}
}
]
},
{
"dimensions": {
"name": "ResourceGroup",
"operator": "In",
"values": [
"API"
]
}
}
]
},
"granularity": "Daily"
},
"timePeriod": {
"from": "2022-08-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"to": "2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
},
"timeframe": "Custom"
}
},
"responses": {
"200": {
"body": {
"name": "6dc7b06a-d90a-4df5-b655-ce6cf1c0814d",
"type": "Microsoft.CostManagement/query",
"id": "/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/externalBillingAccounts/100/query/6dc7b06a-d90a-4df5-b655-ce6cf1c0814d",
"properties": {
"columns": [
{
"name": "PreTaxCost",
"type": "Number"
},
{
"name": "CostStatus",
"type": "String"
},
{
"name": "Currency",
"type": "String"
}
],
"nextLink": null,
"rows": [
[
0,
"Forecast",
"USD"
],
[
30.2572751438,
"Forecast",
"USD"
],
[
0.07675760200000002,
"Forecast",
"USD"
],
[
50.43096419040001,
"Forecast",
"USD"
]
]
}
}
}
},
"operationId": "Forecast_ExternalCloudProviderUsage",
"title": "ExternalBillingAccountForecast"
}
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